Before Carnell Marcus Moore opened fire Friday at Houston’s busiest airport, he wrote out a chilling suicide note. “The monster within me was getting stronger and while I could not save myself I could spare others, Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
A spokesman for the Houston Police Department reports that a firearm was discharged around 1:35 p.m. Thursday at Bush Intercontinental Airport.A stringer with FOX 26 News says someone’s body was foun Original post on myfoxhouston.com Comments on reddit.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A sign at the Birmingham airport fell on a family Friday, killing a 10-year boy and injuring other family members. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
A Virginia man who wrote an abbreviated version of the Fourth Amendment on his body and stripped to his shorts at an airport security screening area won a trial Friday in his lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages for being detained on a disorderly conduct charge Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
The son of Senator Rand Paul was arrested in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday on charges of underage drinking. Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
For years, Los Angeles Airport has offered electric-vehicle owners one of the most generous incentives of its kind in the country: free parking for 30 days in two of its terminal lots, which contain, altogether, 38 charging stations. The rule was meant to encourage people to buy greener cars, but lately it has turned the lots into a mob scene, with some electric-vehicle drivers circling the stations desperately for electricity or running extension cords while others hog the charging spaces for weeks at a time. Original post on wsj.com Comments on reddit.com
The latest and best tweets on yvr. Read what people are saying and join the conversation. Original post on twitter.com Comments on reddit.com
Desire to speed up checkpoints, not safety, driving scanner switch. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
In the latest apparent case of what have been hundreds of thefts by TSA officers of passenger belongings, an iPad left behind at a security checkpoint in the Orlando airport was tracked as it moved 30 miles to the home of the TSA officer last seen handling it. Confronted two weeks later by ABC News, the TSA officer, Andy Ramirez, at first denied having the missing iPad, but ultimately turned it over after blaming his wife for taking it from the airport. Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
CHICAGO – The Chicago Department of Aviation is looking for a few good goats. WFLD-TV (http://bit.ly/Ns4U4S) reported that Chicago recently put out a bid for someone to supply goats to trim the Original post on journalgazette.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! Finance: The CEO of Irish carrier Ryanair has had a lot to say about passengers and fees, after an angry customer took to Facebook to complain. Who do you think is right? Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
A Berlin-bound United Airlines flight returned Saturday night to Newark Liberty International Airport after an engine problem developed, officials said. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Some safety net.A stranded jet-skier seeking help effortlessly overcame the Port Authority’s $100 million, supposedly state-of-the-art security system at JFK Airport — walking undetected… Original post on nypost.com Comments on reddit.com
At approximately 11:30 am EDT, the White House removed a petition about the TSA airport screening procedures from the White House Original post on epic.org Comments on reddit.com
Bend concert promoter Cameron Clark insists he had no intention of sparking a viral Facebook firestorm when he posted a note of witnessing alleged poor treatment of a disabled Alaska Airlines customer who missed a flight out of Redmond to see his daughter. And yet, that happened – and it took another turn Saturday night as the airline claimed the man appeared drunk — and smelled of alcohol. Original post on ktvz.com Comments on reddit.com
Airport staff have been suspended and a top-level investigation launched after 11-year-old Liam Corcoran got on a flight to Rome without a passport, boarding pass or cash. Original post on menmedia.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
John E. Brennan smiled and hugged friends after he was cleared of a charge of indecent exposure. Original post on oregonlive.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: An Oregon man who stripped nude at Portland’s airport security to protest what he saw as invasive measures was found not guilty of indecent exposure. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Agents of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration will be stationed at British airports during the Summer Olympic Games, British media reported Tuesday — the latest indication that authorities are scrambling to shore up security before the games open in 11 days. Original post on msn.com Comments on reddit.com
The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly developing a new scanner that can detect everything from traces of gun powder to adrenaline levels Original post on theweek.com Comments on digg.com
A group of students leaving the annual conference of the National Association of the Deaf in Louisville had a rather awful experience courtesy of the Transportation Security Administration in that city’s airport. One of the travelers wrote about it on his blog: It was a very public week-long event downtown, make no bones about it. As such, the shirt very clearly identified me as deaf. While I was going through the TSA, some of them started laughing in my direction. I thought it might’ve… Original post on reason.com Comments on reddit.com
A man suffered humiliation and distress at the hands of a TSA agent in Florida when she insisted on opening a jar containing his grandfather’s remains and then dropped them on the floor. Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Outdated screening rules aren’t making for safer skies—just longer lines Original post on scientificamerican.com Comments on reddit.com
First there was online ticketing Original post on tribune.com Comments on reddit.com
Suddenly hanging out at an airport doesn’t seem like a bad idea. Original post on thecreatorsproject.com Comments on digg.com
Years of research went into the development of a rejection-resistant trachea transplant. But a doctor wasn’t allowed to board a plane with the specimen just hours before the surgery. Original post on npr.org Comments on reddit.com
The CBS3 I-Team has learned that a Catholic priest who was removed from the ministry over sex abuse allegations now holds a sensitive security post at Philadelphia International Airport. Original post on cbslocal.com Comments on reddit.com
